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Special-education director outlines supports, IEP teams and placement options
Summary
Laurie Blues, director of special education, explained that special education centers on supports tailored through Individualized Education Programs, described specialist roles and three placement options (general classroom with supports, partial inclusion, separate programs), and warned that not every school hosts every specialized program.
"Educação especial não é sobre colocar 1 nome 1 qualificação numa criança; é sobre apoio," said Laurie Blues, director of special education, as she opened her segment explaining how the district approaches individualized supports.
Blues walked families through how an IEP team develops a plan tailored to each child, listing specialists who may be involved including…
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